What is ANES?

To serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists, the ANES produces high quality data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation.

ANES data enable researchers to better understand the theoretical and empirical foundations of national election outcomes. Central to this mission is the active involvement of the ANES research community in all phases of the project. Read More...

Preliminary release of the EGSS 4 data file

The questionnaire and the preliminary version of the EGSS 4 data file are now available. This survey was conducted on the internet in February, 2012. Visit the Data Center for links to the dataset and documentation.

New Mailing Lists

ANES now has several mailing lists to help you stay informed of any changes or updates to data and documentation. Visit the ANES Contact page and choose the list that best suits your interests. The new revision mailing lists are on the lower right side of the page.

If you're interested in more general news, announcements and data release information, join our mailing list by sending a message to nesusers-requests@umich.edu. To join, send an email message with the subject line SUBSCRIBE and the message body completely BLANK. Please be sure to remove any signature from the body or your request will bounce.